"Managers have lost dignity over the past decade in the face of wide spread institutional breakdown of trust and self-policing in business. To regain society’s trust, we believe that business leaders must embrace a way of looking at their role that goes beyond their responsibility to the shareholders to include a civic and personal commitment to their duty as institutional custodians. […]” - Rakesh Khurana and Nitin Nohria. (Slide #8)

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Written by wdywft
4908 days ago

It took me a while to even realize it was backwards :). But it's not a typo:

"Some time after Ross sold EDS to GM, he contrasted the two firms. He said that the EDS ‘strategy’ was ‘Ready. Fire. Aim.’ By contrast, GM's way was ‘Ready. Aim. Aim. Aim. Aim. ...’

(from http://unplanyourbusiness.blogspot.com/2010/02/tom-peters-he-who-tries-most-stuff.html)

"Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation"

"Innovation = Reaction to the Prototype"

"experiment fearlessly"

"relentless trial & error"

“The secret of fast progress is inefficiency, fast and furious and numerous failures.”

Very inspirational, indeed!



Written by businessavante
4908 days ago

Very Inspirational! Did Ross Perot really say: "Ready, Fire, Aim"? (Not that I doubt he might've really said it that way, but was it a typo? I can definitely hear Dana Carvey saying that doing his hilarious Ross Perot impression!)

businessavante



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